Startup advisor shares: How much equity should you give your advisor?
As a general rule, early stage startups compensate advisors with 1% equity in the company. But this amount varies according the advisor's expertise and role.
What is investor consent? When you need it, and when to offer it
How common are investor consent rights and when do you need them? We analysed data from hundreds of closed rounds on See...
How to pick the right deal terms for your SeedFAST
Raise as and when you need to with SeedFASTs. We explain key deal terms and dig into our data to explain what's standard...
SeedFAST is the new Seed Round
On SeedLegals, more companies now raise money outside a funding round than inside a round. We explain what's happening a...
How to value your company and how much equity to give away
How much money should I raise? What percentage of the company should I give away? What company valuation should I use?
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SeedLegals lets founders sell some of their shares at any time, pay only 10% CGT
SeedLegals Term Sheet includes a clause which gives the option for founders to sell some of their shares in future witho...
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Agile fundraising has arrived. Don't do a funding round until you've read this
New data shows the way that startups are raising investment is changing, and SeedLegals is pioneering that change.
SeedLegals data reveals CoVid-19 effect on UK startup funding rounds - August 2020 update
In April 2020, SeedLegals analysed its data to share the immediate impact of CoVid-19 on UK funding rounds. As the large...
Should your investors get a seat on the board? SeedLegals’ data has the answer
When negotiating deal terms, investors will often ask for a board seat, known as a investor director. Here's what usuall...
SeedLegals funding round stats
We’re transforming the way startups raise funding We launched 2 new ways to raise funding: a SeedFAST and Instant...
Founder & Director Loans: SeedLegals helps founders recoup money they put into the company
How are Director Loan Accounts treated? Broadly speaking, there are two main approaches to handling founders’ early inve...
7 statistics on UK founder salaries and share vesting
How much should founders at Seed-stage companies earn? At SeedLegals we've crunched the numbers on hundreds of fundraise...
